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Data Scientist IV

PlanIT Group
Reston, VA Posted Oct 8, 2026
Remote

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Data Scientist IV

29429004

Reston, VA

Contract

On-Site Flexibility/Remote: 100%

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Posted on October 8, 2026

Key Responsibilities

  • Analyze and model Incident, Problem, and Change trends to identify opportunities for service improvements.

  • Perform and interpret data studies and experiments involving new data sources or new uses for existing data sources.

  • Leverage Splunk dashboards, alerts, and search queries to detect, investigate, and resolve operational issues in real time.

  • Utilize cloud-native monitoring and observability tools (AWS CloudWatch, Google Cloud Operations, Azure Monitor) to identify and address performance gaps.

  • Develop analytics using data mining, statistical, forecasting, and modeling techniques.

  • Develop prototypes, proof of concepts, algorithms, predictive models, and custom analyses.

  • Determine new ways to improve data quality, search quality, and predictive capabilities.

  • Identify the right tools for data analysis, including tools external to the organization.

  • Leverage AI and machine learning to improve automation through data output, aggregation, analytics, algorithms, orchestration, and visualization.

  • Provide guidance and technical support to executives, contractors, and employees in other functional areas.

  • Enterprise Issue Identification & Solution Design

  • Proactively identify performance degradation, anomalies, and systemic issues across large enterprise systems using data-driven analysis.

  • Analyze API call patterns, response times, and latency trends to diagnose integration and performance issues across enterprise platforms.

  • Propose and document actionable solutions and remediation strategies for identified issues, working collaboratively with application, infrastructure, and network teams.

Required Qualifications:

  • A minimum of eight (8) to twelve (12) years' relevant experience.

  • A degree from an accredited college or university in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, or a related field. Note: If the individual's degree is not in the applicable field, then four additional years of related experience are required.

  • Must be a U.S Citizen or have permanent residence status (Green Card)

  • o Candidate must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.

  • Preferred Qualifications

  • ITIL Foundation certification or higher.

  • Experience with ServiceNow Performance Analytics module.

  • Experience supporting federal or large enterprise IT environments.

  • Familiarity with machine learning platforms and orchestration tools.

  • Experience with cloud-native monitoring tools such as AWS CloudWatch, Google Cloud Operations Suite, or Azure Monitor.

  • Experience with network performance analysis tools and APM (Application Performance Monitoring) platforms.

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